What Does the Bible Say about Haughty Eyes and Proud Hearts?
Clarence L. Haynes Jr.
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Haughty eyes and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, are sin.
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The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but every one who is hasty comes only to want.
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The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a snare of death.
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The violence of the wicked will sweep them away, because they refuse to do what is just.
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The way of the guilty is crooked, but the conduct of the pure is right.
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It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a contentious woman.
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The soul of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor finds no mercy in his eyes.
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When a scoffer is punished, the simple becomes wise; when a wise man is instructed, he gains knowledge.
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The righteous observes the house of the wicked; the wicked are cast down to ruin.
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He who closes his ear to the cry of the poor will himself cry out and not be heard.
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A gift in secret averts anger; and a bribe in the bosom, strong wrath.
Proverbs 21:4-14 Meaning and Commentary
INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 9
This chapter relates a second vision Solomon had at Gibeon, in which he received an answer to his prayer in the preceding chapter, 1Ki 9:1-9 that passed between him and Hiram king of Tyre, 1Ki 9:10-14, the places that Solomon built or repaired, 1Ki 9:15-19, the Canaanitish people that became bondmen to him, and the officers he had among the children of Israel, 1Ki 9:20-23 the removal of Pharaoh's daughter to the house built for her, 1Ki 9:24. Solomon's attention to religious services, 1Ki 9:25 and the navy of ships he employed, which brought him in great riches, 1Ki 9:26-28.
Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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